Quantitative analysis of pyrrolizidine alkaloids sequestered from diverse host plants in Longitarsus flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)

Chemoecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 169-175

  Haberer, Wolf ^a   Dobler, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Boraginaceae; Chrysomelidae; Longitarsus; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Sequestration of plant compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000026709     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000490050050     Document Type: Article

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